Soldiers captured in the Streight raid
into Georgia. It was referred to the
Military Committee. A resolution was
offered aud referred to the Military Com
mittee, instructing the Secretary of War
to report to the Senate the number of
men furnished by the loyal States under
the call of the President in July last for
r»00,000 men. The Consular Appropria-,
' tian Bill was taken up, and after being
amended by inserting the words “Re
public of” before the word Mexico, was
passed.
Deserters from Richmond say that
forces have been sent from the rebel capi
tal to South Carolina, to oppose the on
ward march of Gen. Sherman.
J&mwwait Daily gimli
BY S. W. MASON AND CO.
SA ANN AH, THURSDAY. JAN. 19, 1%5.
THE AID FOR SAVANNAH.
THE FIRST CARGO OF SUP
PLIES HERE.
Arrival of the Rebecca Clyde
with 3,000 Barrels of
Provisions.
she Mares in Charge of a Committee of
tluffl. Y. Chamber of Commerce
and Produce Exchange.
MORE SUPPLIES ON THE WAY.
The steamship Rebecca Clyde, arrived
at the obstructions, below the city, yes
terday evening.
She is loaded with three thousand bar
rels of provisions, consisting of flour,
meal, fresh beef, mutton, poultry, <fec.,
&q., for gratuitous distribution to the
needy of this city.
The Clyde left New York last Satur
day evening and arrived off the Bar at
10 o’clock yesterday, makfng her way up
to the obstructions without a pilot. The
Committee, Messrs. Baxter, Latbrop and .
rßabcock, then started in a small boat for
the city, and were kindly taken in tow
by Captain Crowell, of the W. W- Coit,
to whom they are much indebted.
The Committee arranged with General
Geary and Mayor Arnold to go down
last night, and bring the vessel up as
goon as the tide will permit.
k Mi'. L. E. Chittenden, formerly Regis
ier of the Treasury, part owner of the
Clyde, and by whom she was tendered
£c transport these stores, comes with the
vessel.
The cargo is consigned to Gen. Geary
xmd Mayor Arnold, through Mr. Sime
on Draper, and more of the same sort
is on the way.
This being a donation from the
'’Chamber of Commerce, of New York,
and the Produce Exchange of that city;
we feel it our duty, on behalf of the
citizens of this city, to return thanks to
those honorable bodies,’and more especi
ally to Messrs. Baxter, Lathrop, Babcock
nnd Crittenden, who has taken great
trouble to carry the noble project out.
We wish them all the success possible
and when their labors afe completed a
safe journey back.
The N. Y. Times, of the 14th, stated
that the steamer Daniel Webster, under
to sail, with another load, and that the
\alue of the cargoes of the two steamers
is over $ 100,000. The Dau’l Webster is
probably already on the way.
Oapt* M. Yeale, of Gen. Geary’s Staff,
will bave charge of the distribution of
he provisions, on the part of the military
authorities, co-operating with Mayor
Arnold.
«P. S.—Since writing the above the
Reblbca Clyde has arrived at the dock,
and will soon be discharged.
The Mayor and Council had a confer
ence with Capt. Veaie at the Council
Chamber this afternoon and are comple
ting arrangements for the distribution,
in co-operation with him.
An important notiee from Mayor Arnold
appears in another column.
THANK*.
Since we started in the enterprise of
publishing the Savannah Daily Herald,
! we hare found more friends than , we
had any reason to expect, in a city and
an army where we were comparatively
strangers. We have met none who
were not charitable, and ready to make
the allowance necessary for perplexed
individuals, trying to keep, with a dilap
idated secesh press. eccentric rebel ink,
and press-men just from slavery, tngage
ments which they made in good filth,
before the length, breadth and depth of
their difficulties were comprehended.—
When our paper was promised at one
o’clock, our kind patrons have waited,
if necessary, till two o’clock. If unex
pected causes have given the paper a bad
appearance there has been no unkind
criticism. Many of our patrons have,
at much trouble, furnished us interesting
reading matter, and done many other
favors. Were not the list so volumin
ous, we should feel in duty bound to re
turn thanks to them by name, but the
number is large enough to fill our paper.
We cannot refrain, however, from espe
cially expressing our obligations to Capt.
M. Summers, A. gQ. M., who prompt
ly Issued the Loyal Georgian from this
office, on the capture of the city, and
who made a splendid paper of it, until
his duties as Quartermaster required him
to discontinue it. He is a printer and edi
tor of long experience, with a generous
heart, and the energy which makes that
quality Useful. We are also especially
indebted to Mr. A. A. Rice, the popular
Agent of Adams’ Express, for assistance
in emergencies. By the kind aid of
these gentlemen we have been enabled
to overcome all obstacles in printing our
paper, without a regular pressman. We
have now such arrangements that we
hope to he able to issue promptly each
day, and to fill our little sheet better than
heretofore.
Fire.— Last evening about 8 o’clock, a
two story frame building, situated on the
south side of Congress street Lane, be
tween Drayton ano Lincoln streets, was
discovered to be on fire. -By the prompt
arrival of the apparatus of Warren Fire
Company No. 1, in charge of New York,
Philadelphia and Illinois volunteers,
whose quarters were in the immediate
vicinity, the flames were soon extinguish
ed. The damage to the building
will be about S2OO. The build
ing is attached to the premises of Mr.
J. L. Tucker, and owmed by the estate
of Chas. B. Patterson. The fire was the
w ork of an incendiary and suspicion
rests upon an old colored wrnman named
Synta, w T ho occupied the building. Synta
getting into some difficulty with the
lessee, was ordered to leave the premis
es. One hour after she madelj her exit,
the flame3 were discovered issuing from
the building.
Mr. Tucker was the first to discover
the fire, while examining the premises
up stairs, in the dense smoke he found
a box filled with combustible material
on fire, which had communicated the
flames to the ceilihg and roof—Repub
can.
Health Office.*—' The office of bur
geon John 0. Morgan, Health Officer of
Savannah is in the Central Railroad
Bank building.
A YANKEE IN THE CHURCHES
OF SAVANNAH.
BI3HOP VBEOr AND FATHER O’NEIL.
It has been pertinently asked what is the
difference between Savannah on Sunday
and Savannah on Monday! The Sunday
of New England,theSunday in New York
and the Sunday in the South have differ
ent and distinct features, which must be
noticed to be appreciated. The numer
ous Churches, Chapels, Conventicles,
Synagogues, in this city, are filled to in
convenience every Sunday, with visi
tants of both sexes and all ages. This
city, on the whole, is more quiet and
peaceful on the Sabbath, than on any
other day of the week, and the soldiers
aud citizens exhibit a becoming calm
ness of demeanor, which is very strikin g
We are very muefy here as they are in
London on Sunday, (perhaps a little less
tristv), while Boston is much more like
Edinburgh, and New Orleans like Paris.
London is very dull on Sunday. Ire
member once being told by a very
charming Parisienne, that her first Sun
day in London was a “very great trial to
her feelings.” She went out, she said,
for a walk, but the streets w ere all
closed, and very few people were in the
streets, because it was Church time.
There was not even a street organ, nor
an omnibus, nor a beggar. She walked
a long time, till it made her quite sad,
and at length, when she had almost got
home again, she met, as she turned into
a street, a walking funeral. This was
too much for her. Mon ami! je reve
nais chez moi et je plemais de tout mon
coeur. Savannah is not unlike the great
metropolis in respect to dullness on the
Sabbath.
As “Fenian” remarked in the pages of
your enterprising cotemporary, the Re
puolican. Savannah deserves to be call
ed the City of Churches. This beautiful
seaboard city must be placed in the front
rank of Southern cities for learning,
beauty, munificence, and all the graces
that go to make a people great and pros
perous. The commodious streets, the
lordly mansions, the storied monuments,
equal to any in the famed Abbey of
Westminster; the various and elegant
squares; the enchanting fountain, re
flecting the sunlight; the venerable cem
etery. where repose the ashes of the il
lustrious dead; and the’ superb parks—
these are some of the attractions of this
grand old city, -making it almost an
Eden. '
I attended divine service a Sabbath or
so back, at the Church of St. John the
Baptist, corner of Drayton and Perry
streets. This Church, although inferior
in grandeur and dimensions to many
similar structures, is an extensive, a
commanding and interesting building.—
Its external claims to admiration are,
however, rendered of little avail by the
obscurity ot its location. The prevail
ing architectural character throughout
the exterior is its great beauty, with
not a few antique additions, reminding
us of the glory of the past. The interior
is principally divided into a nave , with
side aisles, a south and north transept.
The memorials on the walls are numer
ous ; some of them possess considerable
interest, all are remarkable for excel
lence of design and execution of vrork
manship. The Altar is splendidlv orna
mented, and surrounded with beautiful
paintings of the Saints aad the ever
glorious Cross.
The preacher was the saintly Bishop
Yerot, the gifted head of this Diocese.
The Bishop is an institution in Savan
nah. He is the pastor of the largest de
nomination in the city, and is held in
very high esteem by ail denominations
ofChristains in the community. To a
stranger, Dr. Verot at first sight, looks
formal and distant. He looks at you
through and through. His mode of
speaking to strangers is curt and reserv
ed, as is apt to be the case with a strong
decisive nature. He is * a thorough
Catholic, but he has too noble a heart to
refuse love and sympathy to th ose who
differ from him in the matter of religion.
The Bishop is a native of France, and
received his education there. He came
to the United States many yearn ago,
and was an indefatigable laborer in the
cause of his Master. For sound learning
and varied attainments the Bishop has
no superior.
He is a man of subtle thought, great
argumentative powers, and extreme
erudition. There is great earnestness in
his manner, as well as feeling in his dic
tion, but no’declamation—the argumen
tative predominates over the pathetic
but it is in a manner intermingled with,
it. Ilis sermons are everything to be de
sired, as regards .correction, symmetry,
and language. The train of argument is
admirably pursued throughout, and
where necessary, is maintained with all
the subtlety of severe logic. He is
exceedingly graceful in his action, and
appropriate. His voice is deep, round,
and diversified by a great variety of in
tonations. His manner recommends
what he has to say.
The discourse I heard him deliver was
very eloquent and comprehensive. He
spoke then with more than his ukuai
ability and power, eliciting frequent ex
clamations of appreciation.
His theme -was Charity, and right
nobly did he handle this touchingly
beautiful subject. He represented this
Christian virtue to be the delight of the
angelic host, and the of the sympa
thetic spirit. He pronounced this fea
ture of the Christian Religion to be its
greatest glory. He enjoined upon his
hearers the absolute necessity of forgive
ness on their part, in order that they
may be forgiven at the bar of judgment.
The Bishop’s sermon was one of the
most learned and Biblical that I have
heard for some time, and as an earnest
enforcement of Christian truth was wor
thy of all commendation. Protestant as
I am, I must confess that many of my
old prejudices vanished after heariug
Bishop Verot.
Father O’Neil participated in the sol
emn services. He is a noble specimen
of a whole souled Irishman. He would
deserve to stand apart in a portrait. His
figure is tall, and he is peculiarly free
and de/jatje in all his attributes and move
ments. His talents, as a public'speaker,
are excellent. He has a strong native
eloquence, convincing the judgment and
captivating the heart- He derives from
external qualifications an influence over
the multitude, which men of diminutive
stature obtain w ith difficulty. His coun
tenance is a perfect doxology, always
smiling. He has preached in this city
for over thirty years, and is very popular
with the Protestant denominations. For
the Union and the starry banner he has
a profound reverence. To our prisoners
he was a true Samaritan, clothing and
feeding them. God bless him. Let our
soldiers bear tli is in mind.
Gallow Glass.
We are ihdebted to Capt. Spicer, Har
bor Master, for papers of the 14th.
MARINE NEWS.
Arrived, steamship RebeccaL!lydc, New York,
with supplies for the needv oiWie city; .steamer
Cosmopolitan, Orooker, Hilton Head; steamer
George Leary, Deming, Hilton Head; schr. L.
Peacock, Hilton Head.
Sailed, steamship Stax 1 Light, Pedrick, New
York; steamship Commander, New York; sir.
Mary Benton, Ludwick, Hilton Head.
